Your Trusted Middle East IP Partner

ARAMARKS is an intellectual property firm committed to protecting its clients’ most valuable asset,
their IP capital.

ARAMARKS

Based in Qatar, with a Pan-Arab and global reach, ARAMARKS continues its quest to attain its
ultimate goal of being the trusted IP Partner of its clients. With a vast experience
accumulated
over the years since ARAMARKS inception, ARAMARKS is now managing portfolios of a wide variety
of
clients, from SMEs to large multinational companies.

ARAMARKS is also assisting a multitude of law firms and associates in the protection of their
clients’ IP rights in Qatar and other Middle Eastern Countries and in rendering IP consultancy
and
advise to sporting, branding and marketing communication stakeholders.

We take our clients’ IP Rights seriously and deploy all necessary efforts to deliver the best
immunity possible under the law for the client’s IP Rights.

Founded in Qatar, the host of the FIFA 2022 World Cup™, ARAMARKS alliance with Sultan
Al-Abdulla &
Partners, the leading Qatari full service law firm, and the support of its associate concern;
AraMarks Translation, specialized in the translation of highly technical patent specifications
and
complicated legal documents and pleadings, we pride ourselves of being the leading One Stop
Shop
for all your IP needs, be it in prosecution or litigation, in Qatar and beyond.

Who we are

Founded by Sultan Al-Abdulla, one of Qatar eminent lawyers, and Jamal Abu Ghaida, a seasoned IP
professional, ARAMARKS started its operation with a handful of clients and a small lent office
in Sultan
Al-Abdulla & Partners premises back in 2006. In the second decade of its operations, ARAMARKS
currently serve more than a 1,000 trademarks, patents, designs and copyrights owners, and
cooperate
with a network of more than 200 associates from all over the world.

Powered with by its accumulated experiences, and highly qualified and experienced team,
ARAMARKS
stays committed to its pursuit of excellence, an unyielding and relentless pursuit that knows
no finish
line.

The strength of ARAMARKS stems from the ability to closely and attentively working with the
clients, not
only as their agents, but in the capacity of theiras IP partners and guardians.

Our Journey

Having drafted and successfully implemented and orchestrated the first nation-wide IP
protection plan during their tenure of service with the Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee,
Sultan Al-Abdulla, one of Qatar’s most eminent lawyers, and Jamal Abu Ghaida, an IP
practitioner who previously served for 12 years as Saba & Co. IP office in Qatar, had a vision
of establishing a professional firm that specializes exclusively in a class “A” IP prosecution
services. The first-hand experiences our Founders accumulated over the years; Sultan in the
contentious and non-contentious IP matters, and Jamal in IP prosecution and other IP attorneys
works, were coalesced and molded into the establishment of ARAMARKS, a local firm with global
outreach.

Over the years, ARAMARKS has grown to become a firm with a highly qualified team of
professionals managing IP portfolios for more than 1000 stakeholders, and a worldwide network
of 200+ IP associates, through its offices in Qatar and Bahrain.

Our Services

IP consultancy and advisory

IP Litigation Support

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Our Clients Mix

ARAMARKS customers mix is as rich and as diversified as the IP discipline itself. The mix
includes:
branding and marketing communication agencies seeking its assistance in choosing the right brand
to
their clients and duly have it cleared and trademarked; international IP firms utilizing its
wealth
of local knowledge and expertise to secure a sound and solid protection for their clients most
valuable assets in Qatar and beyond; law firms and other legal practitioners looking for its
in-depth knowledge in the IP nuts and bolts to enhance their litigation strategies and value
added
consultancy; IP rights owners who seek a first class IP support when it comes to the protection
of
their IP capital, be it in trademarks, patents or deigns; and, last but not least, mega sports
events organizers and right holders, who can rely on its practical and proactive approach in
advising, planning and implementing strategies capable of combating ambush marketing.

Our Team

Sultan M. Al-Abdulla

Co-Founder

Sultan M. Al-Abdulla is a Qatari national with extensive knowledge in the legal market. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon and a Master of Laws (International and Comparative Law) Degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.

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Jamal Abu Ghaida

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

A graduate of the Business School of Yarmouk University in Jordan with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

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ARAMARKS is simply a team of dynamic professionals with a deep passion for intellectual property, and in-depth knowledge and expertise in patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs and other IP rights. ARAMARKS prides itself with its team of professionals who made bring energy, inventive and creative ideas and pride to our work.

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IP consultancy and advisory

The experience ARAMARKS accumulated over the years, enabled us to provide our clients with the support they need to develop, retain and exploit their Intellectual Property capital in a more business oriented and focused approach. We provide in depth counseling, review and analysis of stakeholders IP assets, advisory services on when and why the IP due diligence audit is needed, IP S.W.O.T analysis, proposing practical solutions to manage IP associated risks of infringement and misuse, along with a varied spectrum of services that are tailor -made to cater for each client based on their individual and unique needs and requirements.

Patents: with the experience accumulated over the years, and our vast network of experienced associates around the world, ARAMARKS team have what it takes to diligently advise on whether an invention is patentable, and if so, how to draft a quality patent claim and specifications to avoid costly examination costs and time, to ultimately bring inventive ideas into patentable and protected products and/ or procedures.

Trademarks: a brand is the soul, DNA and seal of quality for the products and/ or services of any entity. In ARAMARKS, we have a passion for protecting brands through trademarking them. Actually, out of this very passion for trademarks, we coined our name ARAMARKS from the “Arabian Trademarks”.

Designs: protecting the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of the design of an article is of substantive importance for companies engaged in consumer products sale and manufacture. Protection of innovative deigns of a branded product is essential for the holistic protection strategy of the owner. Be it an industrial design or a patent design, we have the necessary expertise to advise you on how to protect it locally, regionally and internationally.

Copyrights: despite the fact that in most countries copyrights are protected without registration or other type of formalities, yet, ARAMARKS is fully equipped to advice authors, composers, and other creators on how to better protect their moral and economic rights of their creations.

IP Litigation Support

Intellectual Property Management is an all-encompassing discipline that involves a blend of legal and business orientation that aim not only to protect, but to benefit and capitalize on these rights. ARAMARKS strategic alliance and affiliation with the Law Firm of Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners, perfectly serves this new thinking in modern IP strategies. With such alliance, our clients receive unique and livable business and legal solutions to their IP needs and requirements.

Sultan M. Al-Abdulla

Co-Founder

Sultan M. Al-Abdulla, the Co-Founder of ARAMARKS Intellectual Property, is a Qatari national with extensive knowledge in the legal market. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon and a Master of Laws (International and Comparative Law) Degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. Sultan serves as the Managing Partner of Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners (SAP). SAP is a prominent Qatari law firm with extensive experience in handling, inter alia, IP litigation, contracts, licensing agreements and anti-counterfeit activities. Sultan is a member of International Trademark Association-INTA, International Bar Association, AIPPI, APPIMAF.

Jamal Abu Ghaida

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Jamal Abu Ghaida is a graduate of the Business School of Yarmouk University in Jordan with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Fresh from the university, he joined Qatar Office of “Saba & Co. Intellectual Property” as Trainee/trademarks specialist in 1990 and worked his way up to Manager of the Qatar Branch Office of Saba & Co. In 2003 he joined the 15th Asian Games Organizing Committee - DAGOC as the Brand and Intellectual Property Rights Protection Manager. In DAGOC Jamal actively managed and participated in the development of a national IP protection and anti-ambush marketing program for the Games.

In 2007, two months after the conclusion of the Games Jamal in association with Sultan M. Al-Abdulla co-founded and started working in AraMarks Intellectual Property as the Managing Partner of the firm. Currently, he is advising clients on best practices of managing, protecting and commercializing their IP capital and assets, managing clients’ trademarks portfolios in Qatar and more than 50 countries around the world, and handle the strategic planning for ARAMARKS Intellectual Property operations. Jamal is a member of International Trademark Association-INTA, New York, AIPPI, APPIMAF. Jamal is also a published author.